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Another from RPM11 - when I went back to re-learn this one so I could transcribe it into the 8 bit format, I thought, "I'm really glad I came up with this riff."
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From RPM17 -- there were so many I liked there it was hard to choose, so I went with this one that is the default choice on the Bandcamp page.
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From RPM19 - this was the riff while writing that album that took the longest to mangle into a proper song, but eventually became one of my favorites from it.
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And finally, a track that I wrote back in 2014 that never got a proper release but should get posted in its heavy guitar glory on a new album later this year.
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I just listened to too much CNN and FOX over the past year.
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A raw & acapella unleashing with no effects whatsoever - aural apologies but RPM deadline looms and I wanted something full frontal.
Caveat leo feminam!
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CloudTravel
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Now you can travel anywhere
from the comfort of your own home
you may never want to leave
your house again
all in virtual reality
in the highest resolution
with binaural sound
and optional smells…
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This was the third song I started working on this month and it's the 15th song finished. What does that tell you?
I liked it a lot when I first came up with the idea. When I put the rhythm guitars down it started to feel like it wasn't meeting…
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Pointless backstory that won't be interesting to anyone other than me when I look back at this tune at some point in the distant future:
RPM Challenge asks for 10 songs or 35 minutes recorded in February. FAWM asks for 14 songs written during…
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Robbie sent me the first rough mix of this song on 2/21/2021, and we collaborated on it for the next few days. (Uploaded on 2/28/2021.)
Robbie R. - Lyrics, songwriting, vocals, guitars, organ, recording.
Kevin C. - Drums, bass, recording…
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My college buddy/bandmate Hayden sent this one, which (I think) may have been written for another RPM album back in 2015, but not recorded until now. I appreciate the wordplay in this one. :) (Transcribed by ear, so there may be some errors. If…
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Kenny's friend from Atlanta, Leum M., wrote this one. He and Kenny's other friend, Will J., recorded it over at Kenny's place, then Kenny hand-delivered the SD card over here. Sneakernet, man! :) Will provided two bass parts ("simple" and "busy…
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Whew! Robbie wrote and recorded this whole song the evening of 2/26/2021, and uploaded a mix around 2:30 in the morning. That's dedication!
I added some drums, and we went through another couple of mixes before rendering this one. (Uploaded…
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Here's the version of Leum's song with stripped-down instrumentation to match Will's simpler bass part.
Leum M. - Lyrics, songwriting, vocals, acoustic guitar.
Will J. - Bass.
Kenny T. - Recording.
Kevin C. - Drums, recording, mixing…
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I started writing this one in January and finished it and recorded it in February. Now in hindsight I'm thinking I should probably have left it in January. I like the chorus. I kinda like the two guitars trading 8's and the guitarmonies. Otherwise…
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RPM 2021
NH's own George Brown lays down the blistering electric leads and lends a hand with the background vocals!
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Hope n Promise
T Boudreau
Perhaps the time has come now
To turn around and face the day
A little older a littler wiser
Yea we’ve seen a few like you come through this way
And we always seem to dig ourselves out ok
I sure could sleep…
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Karma Working Overtime
T Boudreau
I can see that your tired and uninspired
A bit too wired to sleep
You’ve pondered all there is to wonder
I bet you’ve counted every sheep
And all those endless ear worms in your mind
That's karma working…
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Working on a Plan
© 2021 – John Otto Young – Fluffy Baby Music / BMI
I wake up when my body tells me to
The dogs’ll tell me what they want to do
I wonder how my friends are doing today
I wonder if they’ll come on out and play
I run outside…
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Ocean / Soul
C. Maiorano
Waves of adoration crash on the rocks of you
The cruel tide drags affections down
Deep below the surface of the cold steel blue
The unsettled sea tries to swallow and drown
Were you a sandy beach, welcoming…
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Everyday Heroes
T. Boudreau
What if i told you there were everyday heroes
That walked along side of us all
Holding it together though hell n high water
Always there to answer the call
I’m pretty sure that’s your brother
I’m betting…
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This is a song about someone John met when he moved to Arizona in 1975. A brief encounter that left inspiration for a song.
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John wrote this somewhere around 1972 or 1973. This is pretty much a song about the conflict of self vs. what you think is expected of you and the casualties that are impacted along the way. There was probably a lot of James Taylor influence…
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Written and recorded as part of our family RPM project this year. :-D
13 year old Jasmine on vocals and ukulele.
We wrote and recorded 10 songs under the name Cattica. It was just the best month of lockdown imaginable.
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I figured I needed a social distance song. I mean is it even quarantine if you don't write a social distance song?
This was from my January album in a month fail. At one point I thought that maybe I could write 10 songs with swing grooves…
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A New World Story
A musical journey through the past and present, as seen through the eyes of Snowden Walters.
Entry for RPM Challenge 2021
1st draft
Although some of the songs included in this production have appeared on both professional…
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I should have named this song Double Meaning Blues. Allow me to explain.
My wife, step son, and I spent much of January and early February working on redesigning a couple of rooms in our house. A big part of the project involved putting together…
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I've had these lyrics around a while - an older version of this song, just called "Casual Sin", is also available on the "Experimental Dandelion Farm" compilation.
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I got the first and last lines of the song from a story prompt site, then tried to bridge them together with the rest of the lyrics.
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Previously released under the Quetzalcoatlus name. Loosely inspired by current events, as well as The Fall and The B-52s.
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Parts of this are about a breakup, parts of it are complete nonsense. I leave it up to the listener to figure out which is which.
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skirmish Hmm what have i missed! the sun up on the beach! Oh and this an opportunity to get a demo for the last song for my Australiana album. really happy with this!
Do you know how long it takes
From Sydney To surfers paradise
Its a 10…
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This is the 20th and final song for the 2021 RPM Challenge. Nothing left to do now but to sort the songs into the album that gets submitted and the leftovers album that doesn't. This one's on the bubble. I expect it to go into the leftovers…
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If you can't find your own lyrics, blatantly steal somebody elses for inspiration
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A bouncy little tune about trying to get somewhere . Aided on lead guitar by my talented buddy Rich Clark.
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It’s the scrape, in your face, every morning, all it’s glory fades
You’ll go numb, weak the knees, targets training, always hold this pace
Take it all away
Pull it all away
Peel back all your skin
Show your scars
Take it all away…
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Might as well sew your shadow to me,
ghost of myself and drenched in caffeine
Mirror becomes a distant warning
I’m entering the uncanny valley
You can’t pass this thread through my eye
Patience failing, no compromise
A reeling confrontation…
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As the quiet burns on the midnight oil
And my footsteps making cracks in the floor
For the monsters lurking under my bead
For the tinnitus ringing in my head
It’s the pill in hands that I hold
To Kill the tremors and bury the cold
Carry…
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Rain on my roof, constant tapping, sounds like there’s invaders outside
always marching, always shouting, pouring down hour glass counting
Half dissected, introverted, I don’t mean to pry
Past protracted, so exhausted, I don’t even try…
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You’ve got a lot to say and sleeves to sew
We don’t see eye to eye don’t you know
It’s not a coin but two lone planets circling our own suns
Where is the salve to soothe our aching hearts
Suffice to say we’re better apart
The tattered flag…
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Lost half of my castle, we dug the moat, we built the walls
But the waves don’t care, they’re busy shushing us senseless
It’s a wonder, forever building here in the sand
How the universe don’t care
The pen to the page, part and parcel…
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Your fear took the sky away, we’re stumbling in the dark
You ran to the mountain top, sounding the alarm
I’ll hold the mirror at the other end, a jewel from it hung
sword points highest to the emperor’s sun
A clash of the heavens pair…
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Hold my hand get through this
I dissect your iris
And behind the lens there is an omen
Here I thought I knew you
But I’m stuck on preview
You were hiding in my peripheral vision
In my dreams, reaching forward, falling backward, out my…
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RPM Challenge 2021
Category: Single (this is the A side)
Genre: Surf
The 2021 RPM Challenge was indeed a challenge and I only signed up to record a single! My month was fraught with problems, mostly having essential gear go south (mixing…
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How’s the saying go, isn’t it an echo or a stain
But words get telephoned, caught up in some other’s long refrain
Heavens catch your gaze, barter for your faith, how pretty the horizon
How far does it go, the unintended consequence of sight…
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ten, ten, ten, ten for everything, everything, everything, everything.
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